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• JFK

  Public, Private, Secret

  Taraborrelli, J. Randy

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  Drawing from hundreds of interviews conducted over twenty-five years―as well as candid, first-hand oral histories from the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Presidential Library, rare internal reports from the Secret Service, detailed files from the National…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beyond the Rink

  Behind the Images of Residential School Hockey

  Giancarlo, Alexandra

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  This book reveals the complicated role of sports in residential school histories, commemorating the team’s stellar hockey record and athletic prowess while exposing important truths about “Canada’s Game” and how it shaped ideas about the nation.

• Lincoln's Lady Spymaster

  the Untold Story of the Abolitionist Southern Belle Who Helped Win the Civil War

  Willis, Gerri

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  So why risk everything to become a Union spy? The answer was simple: freedom. Right in the heart of the Confederate capital, Elizabeth played the society lady while building a secret espionage network of slaves, Unionists, and prisoners of war. It…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hiroshima Men

  the Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use It

  MacGregor, Iain

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  "The Hiroshima Men’s vivid narrative recounts the decade-long journey toward this first atomic attack. It charts the race for the bomb during World War II... also includes Japanese perspectives—a vital aspect often missing from Western narratives."

• One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

  El Akkad, Omar

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  On October 25, 2023, after just three weeks of the bombardment of Gaza, Omar El Akkad put out a tweet: “One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Waterbearers

  a Memoir of Mothers and Daughters

  Bonét, Sasha

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  A powerful new voice, telling the American story through three generations of Black mothers.

• Miracles and Wonder

  the Historical Mystery of Jesus

  Pagels, Elaine H., 1943-

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  "In Miracles and Wonder Pagels sets out to discover how a poor young Jewish man inspired a religion that shaped the world....Why is Jesus said to have had a virgin birth? Why do we say he rose from the dead? Did his miracles really happen and what…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rebel's Clinic

  The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

  Shatz, Adam

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  In the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon’s shadow looms larger than ever. He was the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era, and his writings about race, revolution, and the psychology of power continue to shape radical movements across…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Henry V

  the Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King

  Jones, Dan, 1981-

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  For Dan Jones, Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history, but one of the hardest to pin down. He was a hardened, sometimes brutal, warrior, yet he was also creative and artistic, with a bookish temperament. He was a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Code Name: Lise

  the True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy

  Loftis, Larry

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  The year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero father’s footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and one plane crash later, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kingmaker

  Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue

  Purnell, Sonia

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  There are few at any time who have operated as close to the center of power over five decades and two continents, and there is practically no one in 20th Century politics, culture, and fashion whose lives she did not touch, including the Kennedys,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Elements of Marie Curie

  How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

  Sobel, Dava

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  “Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name,” writes Dava Sobel at the opening of her shining portrait of the sole Nobel laureate decorated in two separate fields of science—Physics…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Patriot

  a Memoir

  Navalnyĭ, Alekseĭ

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  Written with the passion, wit, candor, and bravery for which he was justly acclaimed, Patriot is Navalny’s final letter to the world: a moving account of his last years spent in the most brutal prison on earth; a reminder of why the principles of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• John Lewis

  A Life

  Greenberg, David

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  "Explore the “comprehensive and compelling” (Jon Meacham) biography of civil rights leader John Lewis, celebrated as “the conscience of Congress,” through a narrative that weaves together exclusive interviews, never-before-seen FBI files, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Riding Like the Wind

  The Life Of Sanora Babb

  Iris Jamahl Dunkle

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  "This saga of a writer done dirty resurrects the silenced voice of Sanora Babb, peerless author of midcentury American literature."

• Alexander at the End of the World

  the Forgotten Final Years of Alexander the Great

  Kousser, Rachel Meredith, 1972-

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  In Alexander at the End of the World, renowned classicist and art history professor Rachel Kousser vividly brings to life Alexander’s labyrinthine, treacherous final years, weaving together a brilliant series of epic battles, stunning landscapes,…Read moreRead more of this annotation